Transmission apparatus and transmission method

Abstract

A base station generates a unicast channel, a MBMS channel, and a pilot channel, that are multiplied by a scrambling code specific to a particular cell. The pilot channel is replicated as necessary. The unicast channel and the MBMS channel are time-multiplexed. For data in a unit transmission frame, a same frequency component is multiplied by a same scrambling code.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A base station used in a communication system of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme, comprising:
 a unit configured to generate a unicast channel multiplied by a scrambling code specific to a particular cell; 
 a unit configured to generate a multicast broadcast channel multiplied by a scrambling code specific to the particular cell; 
 a unit configured to generate and replicate a pilot channel multiplied by a scrambling code specific to the particular cell; 
 a unit configured to multiplex the pilot channel, the unicast channel and the multicast broadcast channel to generate transmission symbols; and 
 a unit configured to transmit the transmission symbols for each unit transmission frame that includes a plurality of symbols each having a predetermined duration, wherein 
 a unit transmission frame including the unicast channel and a unit transmission frame including the multicast broadcast channel are time multiplexed, and 
 a same frequency component for at least the multicast broadcast channel in the unit transmission frame is multiplied by a same scrambling code, and 
 a symbol in which the pilot channel and a replica of the pilot channel are mapped and another symbol including the multicast broadcast channel are time multiplexed in the unit transmission frame. 
 
     
     
       2. The base station as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein
 a plurality of transmission antennas are provided, 
 a transmission symbol in which the pilot channel, the unicast channel and the multicast broadcast channel are multiplexed is transmitted from each transmission antenna, and 
 a pilot channel transmitted from a transmission antenna and a pilot channel transmitted from another transmission antenna are mapped to different subcarriers. 
 
     
     
       3. The base station as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a unit transmission frame including the multicast broadcast channel is multiplied by a scrambling code common to a plurality of cells in the time axis. 
     
     
       4. The base station as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the scrambling code common to a plurality of cells is the same for all subcarriers in the OFDM scheme. 
     
     
       5. The base station as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the transmission symbol includes a pilot channel multiplied by a scrambling code common to a plurality of cells. 
     
     
       6. The base station as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the pilot channel multiplied by the scrambling code common to a plurality of cells and the pilot channel multiplied by the scrambling code specific to the particular cell are mapped to different subcarrier frequencies. 
     
     
       7. The base station as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the pilot channel multiplied by the scrambling code common to a plurality of cells and the pilot channel multiplied by the scrambling code specific to the particular cell are mapped to different times. 
     
     
       8. A transmission method used in a communication system of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme, comprising:
 generating a unicast channel, a multicast broadcast channel, and a pilot channel, that are multiplied by a scrambling code specific to a particular cell; 
 replicating the generated pilot channel; 
 multiplexing the pilot channel, the unicast channel and the multicast broadcast channel to generate transmission symbols; and 
 transmitting the transmission symbols for each unit transmission frame that includes a plurality of symbols each having a predetermined duration, wherein 
 a unit transmission frame including the unicast channel and a unit transmission frame including the multicast broadcast channel are time multiplexed, 
 a same frequency component for at least the multicast broadcast channel in the unit transmission frame is multiplied by a same scrambling code, and 
 a symbol in which the pilot channel and a replica of the pilot channel are mapped and another symbol including the multicast broadcast channel are time multiplexed in the unit transmission frame.